And what better time for that than during the onslaught of games, especially the first four days when you can watch 12 hours each day from the comfort of your couch when you don't want to get up.

According to the Washington Post, there are no official statistics to back up the claim that there's a spike, but the Daily Mail reports the Cleveland Clinic says there's a 10% jump (athenahealth also has figures backing up the idea this a real fad). And there may be something to all this: witness the schedule of a doctor in Chattanooga, Tenn. who was slated to perform 30 procedures last Friday alone.